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A collection of costume jewellery to include a silver knot brooch, a 1964 Scottish silver brooch set with a circular mixed cut smokey quartz to centre, a silver pocket watch, a gentleman's gold plated Junghans mechanical watch head, together with a 19th century ivory and tortoiseshell buckle, etc.
Phipps (Constantine John). A Voyage Towards the North Pole undertaken by His Majesty's Command 1773, 1st edition, printed by W. Bowyer and J. Nichols, for J. Nourse, 1774, half-title present, folding engraving map frontispiece, with closed tear repaired, now linen-backed, 14 engraved plates and maps, mostly folding, 11 folding letterpress tables, some marks and soiling, several plates linen-backed, Halifax circulating library bookplates to front pastedown, contemporary half calf, rubbed and some wear, modern reback, with outer corners renewed, 4to Hill 1351. Sabin 62572. In 1773, Phipps was appointed Commander of an expedition to discover whether the Arctic Ocean might be free of ice in the open sea, and in consequence provide a route to the Pacific. His expedition proved otherwise, although his detailed scientific reports provided highly useful information, including the first European description of the polar bear and the ivory gull. On board the Carcass was a young midshipman by the name of Horatio Nelson. (1)
LATE 19th/EARLY 20th CENTURY CONCERTINA of typical form with fret pieced mahogany hexagonal ends bearing paper label 'Manufactured Expressly for S. Scotcher & Son, 36 Bull Street, Birmingham' and numbered 461 on paper label to opposite end, having a total of 21 ivory buttons and steel reeds, the handle stamped with a reed shaped 'Trade Mark English Make', strap handles incomplete, 7 1/4" (18.4cm) diameter
PRE-WAR HARDWOOD AND SIMULATED IVORY SMALL SLIDE RULE 15 cm long CASARTELLI FOLDING BRASS YARN MAGNIFIER and SUNDRY SMALL ITEMS including two cut-throat razors, small brass cased compass, a J. Hudson & Co Birmingham "The Metropolitan" plated metal whistle and a 19th Century AMBROTYPE PHOTOGRAPH ON GLASS FAMILY in contemporary frame (14)
EARLY 20th CENTURY FAR EASTERN CARVED SECTIONAL IVORY GROUP, small oxen-drawn two-wheel carriage, kneeling nobleman with driver seated in front, on oblong base 4 1/4" (10.8cm) x 2" (5cm); an ANTIQUE CARVED IVORY NETSUKE in the form of a recumbent tang-type horse, 1 5/8" (4.2cm) long; a SMALL SEATED FIGURE OF BUDDHA holding a book in his right hand, on black hardwood stand, 2 1/2" (6.3cm) high; a STANDING FIGURE OF AN INDIAN MAN holding a staff, his hat tied down from under his chin, 2 1/2" (6.4cm) high and THREE OTHER CARVED IVORY ITEMS (7)
LATE VICTORIAN SILVER MOUNTED BURR WALNUTWOOD PRESENTATION STONE LAYERS MALLET, with turned ivory handle, inscribed to the silver mount 'Presented to Alfred Sykes Esq. of Edgerton - on the Occasional of his laying a corner stone of a Dogley Lane Congregational Sunday School 5th August, 1882' 6 1/4" (15.9cm) high
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